State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,750 Massachusetts births in 1990 across 1,395 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Massachusetts more than they say America.

#88Meaghanoutside the national top 200
#48Brendan#155 nationally
#66Colleen#160 nationally
#77Marc#163 nationally
#40Jillian#122 nationally
#91Max#171 nationally
#50Caroline#116 nationally
#32Meghan#91 nationally
#95Mathew#148 nationally
#66Craig#117 nationally
#72Colin#122 nationally
#89Gina#139 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,048US #1
#2Ashley956US #2
#3Amanda949US #4
#4Samantha842US #5
#5Sarah742US #6
#6Stephanie733US #7
#7Jennifer697US #8
#8Nicole661US #13
#9Elizabeth637US #9
#10Brittany614US #3
#11Emily587US #12
#12Lauren555US #10
#13Kayla474US #14
#14Rebecca415US #21
#15Katherine411US #26
#16Michelle407US #22
#17Danielle388US #18
#18Melissa363US #20
#19Rachel359US #16
#20Alexandra351US #37
#21Alyssa345US #27
#22Courtney339US #17
#23Megan323US #11
#24Laura316US #29
#25Heather300US #19
#26Christina293US #25
#27Kimberly289US #31
#28Erin288US #43
#29Kelly258US #41
#30Kristen258US #42
#31Amy254US #38
#32Meghan253US #91
#33Hannah243US #30
#34Kelsey238US #32
#35Caitlin235US #50
#36Victoria229US #33
#37Allison228US #48
#38Kathryn225US #57
#39Christine216US #62
#40Jillian214US #122
#41Chelsea212US #24
#42Cassandra206US #49
#43Alicia204US #54
#44Molly203US #80
#45Katelyn198US #75
#46Catherine196US #71
#47Mary194US #35
#48Erica192US #36
#49Sara190US #34
#50Caroline175US #116
#51Jacqueline173US #67
#52Julie172US #93
#53Taylor171US #46
#54Julia169US #83
#55Brianna168US #61
#56Lindsay167US #69
#57Tiffany167US #23
#58Shannon163US #68
#59Kathleen161US #92
#60Angela160US #52
#61Anna160US #45
#62Kaitlyn156US #78
#63Andrea155US #40
#64Lisa155US #64
#65Amber152US #15
#66Colleen148US #160
#67Lindsey148US #51
#68Vanessa148US #56
#69Jenna145US #81
#70Olivia137US #72
#71Maria134US #47
#72Kristina129US #77
#73Melanie127US #86
#74Abigail124US #90
#75Kara124US #110
#76Margaret121US #102
#77Casey119US #106
#78Crystal119US #39
#79Jamie118US #55
#80Kristin117US #65
#81Marissa117US #87
#82Jasmine115US #28
#83Alison112US #132
#84Kaitlin110US #101
#85Katie110US #53
#86Emma108US #130
#87Leah108US #82
#88Meaghan106
#89Gina96US #139
#90Brittney92US #44
#91Erika90US #74
#92Gabrielle90US #99
#93Felicia88US #121
#94Jaclyn88US #143
#95Rachael87US #111
#96Paige86US #79
#97Natalie85US #63
#98Krystal82US #104
#99Tara82US #85
#100Ariel81US #94

Boys

#1Michael2,142US #1
#2Matthew1,551US #3
#3Christopher1,545US #2
#4Daniel1,106US #5
#5Nicholas1,036US #14
#6Andrew1,002US #7
#7Joseph977US #10
#8John931US #12
#9Ryan927US #11
#10David905US #6
#11Joshua846US #4
#12James839US #8
#13Robert824US #13
#14Jonathan717US #17
#15William647US #16
#16Justin638US #9
#17Brian622US #27
#18Kevin619US #23
#19Anthony612US #15
#20Patrick592US #36
#21Thomas586US #26
#22Kyle582US #18
#23Alexander572US #28
#24Timothy544US #30
#25Sean518US #37
#26Benjamin503US #33
#27Eric501US #24
#28Stephen474US #39
#29Zachary472US #22
#30Steven435US #25
#31Jeffrey426US #43
#32Richard422US #35
#33Adam387US #32
#34Tyler377US #21
#35Samuel347US #45
#36Paul342US #49
#37Mark315US #47
#38Derek308US #54
#39Gregory307US #51
#40Peter294US #74
#41Scott288US #53
#42Jacob282US #20
#43Nathan278US #44
#44Jason268US #46
#45Brandon256US #19
#46Jordan247US #29
#47Corey239US #56
#48Brendan220US #155
#49Charles215US #38
#50Alex207US #59
#51Shawn194US #69
#52Edward190US #68
#53Evan184US #71
#54Ian184US #70
#55Jeremy184US #40
#56Jared182US #63
#57Aaron180US #34
#58Bryan180US #57
#59Jesse177US #48
#60Cameron171US #62
#61Luis168US #66
#62Jose164US #41
#63Shane154US #73
#64Travis145US #42
#65Kenneth142US #52
#66Craig136US #117
#67Keith134US #80
#68Brett132US #84
#69Christian124US #60
#70Cory121US #67
#71George120US #79
#72Colin119US #122
#73Ethan117US #58
#74Cody116US #31
#75Nathaniel116US #86
#76Philip114US #111
#77Marc107US #163
#78Dylan105US #83
#79Douglas99US #103
#80Raymond99US #92
#81Erik97US #96
#82Taylor97US #64
#83Vincent96US #78
#84Carlos94US #75
#85Angel91US #133
#86Luke87US #118
#87Donald86US #87
#88Trevor84US #76
#89Ronald75US #97
#90Devin73US #98
#91Max73US #171
#92Seth73US #102
#93Chad70US #85
#94Joel70US #95
#95Mathew70US #148
#96Victor69US #82
#97Austin68US #55
#98Dennis67US #129
#99Casey66US #89
#100Frank66US #109

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑25Taylor#53
↑18Casey#77
↑17Caroline#50
↑17Jordan#46
↑17Cameron#60
↑14Cassandra#42
↑14Brianna#55
↑14Melanie#73

Falling

↓23Tiffany#57
↓23Andrea#63
↓20Dennis#98
↓15Marissa#81
↓15Natalie#97
↓14Sara#49
↓14Lindsey#67
↓14Jaclyn#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.